Expect Susan Boyle appearance on America’s ‘Talent’

Viewers can look forward to seeing Susan Boyle perform live on “America’s Got Talent,” which debuts next week on NBC.

“It’s very much on Simon Cowell’s mind,” judge Piers Morgan said on a teleconference call today, reminding people that Cowell is the guy who brought the talent show to America and wouldn’t pass up this opportunity to showcase someone so popular with U.S. viewers.

“My gut feeling is that she will,” he said of a Boyle appearance, adding that seeing the 48-year-old British sensation sing live on America’s version of “Talent” “would be quite a moment.”

He added that the “Britain’s Got Talent” runner-up was doing quite well after what was characterized as an “emotional breakdown,” is performing again and can command hundreds of thousands of dollars now for appearances at conventions, etc.

As for this year’s crop of U.S. competitors, Morgan said the Top-40, who were recently chosen for the fourth season of “Talent,” are by far the most talented in the history of the show.

And yes, two or three of the acts, he added, will have the impact of a Susan Boyle or a Terry Fator, America’s own success story.

Viewers, in fact, will know just who he’s talking about as early as the first couple of shows. Those debut episodes air at 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday on NBC.

As for Morgan baring his body for that Burger King ad, seen in this story on EW.com, he said jokingly that he did it to bring “global attention to my torso,” which he keeps in shape, he added, by visiting the gym several times a week.